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Adjective
▲
Lenient or tolerant, inclined to forgive
tolerant
lenient
kind
compassionate
sympathetic
indulgent
forbearing
merciful
humane
clement
understanding
patient
accommodating
magnanimous
pitying
gracious
accepting
pardoning
mild
sparing
placable
easy-going
soft-hearted
willing to forgive
long-suffering
charitable
easy
liberal
soft
easygoing
more ❯
“His life abounds in illustrations of his forgiving nature. He cherished no malice. He prayed for his most bitter foes.”
Adjective
▲
Having a considerate or kindly disposition
gentle
kind
sympathetic
compassionate
kindly
tender
benevolent
caring
considerate
friendly
soft
amiable
humane
gracious
genial
benign
affable
merciful
understanding
pleasant
lenient
loving
obliging
agreeable
amicable
peaceful
softhearted
congenial
kindhearted
forbearing
easygoing
warmhearted
sociable
mellow
tenderhearted
peaceable
placid
pacific
meek
humble
decent
unassuming
quiet
goodhearted
harmless
maternal
lovable
cheerful
moderate
modest
motherly
fatherly
civil
likeableUK
likableUS
bland
demure
lamblike
temperate
respectful
angelic
pleasing
dovelike
cool
reverent
shy
paternal
retiring
unoffensive
brotherly
moral
sisterly
good-natured
kind-hearted
tender-hearted
good-humouredUK
large-hearted
good-humoredUS
mild-mannered
sweet-tempered
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Noble and generous in spirit
magnanimous
generous
charitable
benevolent
kind
liberal
unselfish
beneficent
noble
altruistic
kindly
considerate
bountiful
munificent
unstinting
philanthropic
bounteous
chivalrous
free
gallant
selfless
bighearted
lenient
lofty
greathearted
ungrudging
indulgent
merciful
upright
openhanded
elevated
high
big
clement
great
lordly
princely
sublime
soft
natural
worthy
handsome
knightly
loose
open-handed
big-hearted
high-minded
self-sacrificing
great-hearted
large-hearted
all heart
soft-touch
Santa Claus
has heart in right place
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature
relaxed
casual
flexible
informal
undemanding
unrestrained
lenient
liberal
moderate
accommodating
blithe
untaxing
carefree
chilled
collected
congenial
easygoing
insouciant
lax
leisurely
liberated
loose
mellow
nonchalant
offhand
open
simple
tolerant
unceremonious
unconstrained
uncritical
unfussy
uninhibited
unofficial
unrestricted
versatile
easy-going
hassle-free
laid back
laid-back
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Capable of bending easily without breaking
flexible
supple
pliable
limber
pliant
elastic
wiry
bendable
lithe
malleable
tensile
adaptable
bendy
compromising
ductile
mouldable
stretchable
stretchy
whippy
moldable
springy
flexile
plastic
rubbery
bouncy
lissom
lissome
lithesome
rubberlike
soft
spongy
tractable
tractile
bending
bendsome
extensible
extensile
formable
formative
stretch
workable
puttylike
like putty
easily bent
going every which way
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others
flexible
accommodating
acquiescent
amenable
biddable
complaisant
cooperative
docile
persuadable
tractable
accepting
adaptable
agreeable
compliant
compromising
convincible
nonresistant
obliging
pliable
tolerant
willing
assenting
assentive
conciliatory
obsequious
pliant
responsive
gentle
malleable
manageable
open
easily persuaded
easy-going
willing to compromise
open to change
rolling with punches
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Showing mercy and granting remission of guilt or punishment
pardoning
absolving
exonerating
remissive
Adjective
▲
Able to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances
flexible
adaptable
adjustable
versatile
amenable
fluid
alterable
protean
changeable
discretionary
modifiable
multipurpose
variable
open-ended
easy
inconstant
malleable
pliable
elastic
mutable
multifaceted
convertible
all-around
transformable
all-round
all-purpose
reversible
conformable
multifunction
multiuse
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
pardoning
acquitting
acquiting
excusing
absolving
exonerating
amnestying
remitting
condoning
exculpating
letting off
pitying
bearing no malice towards
granting an amnesty to
making allowances for
accepting apology
burying the hatchet
burying the hatchet with
feeling no malice towards
feeling no resentment towards
going easy on
harbouring no grudge against
stopping feeling malice towards
stopping feeling resentful towards
letting off the hook
turning a blind eye to
turning a deaf ear to
bearing no malice
forgiving and forgetting
letting bygones be bygones
letting it go
turning other cheek
letting off easy
kissing and making up
thinking no more of
wiping slate clean
“But he had never truly been in love before, either, so we will forgive him his mistakes as well.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to request that one tolerate another's foibles, ignorance, or impoliteness
condoning
accepting
excusing
bearing
understanding
allowing
brooking
enduring
indulging
sanctioning
pardoning
permitting
tolerating
allowing for
bearing with
laughing off
putting up with
accepting apology for
making allowance
going along with
making allowances for
“So far as legal aid is concerned, would your Lordship forgive my ignorance, I still have to ask for detail, an order for detailed assessment.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deliberately ignore (something that is generally frowned on)
condoning
overlooking
ignoring
discounting
disregarding
overpassing
whitewashing
forgetting
turning a blind eye to
brushing aside
brushing off
glossing over
glozing over
winking at
blinking at
conniving at
deliberately ignoring
letting go
letting pass
papering over
passing over
shrugging off
closing your eyes to
taking no notice of
taking no account of
“But what is harder to forgive than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.”
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